Improvement in adjustable sack - holders



H. W. CLARK.

ADJUSTABLE SACK-HOLDER. N.169,959. I Patented Nov.16,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. CLARK, OF RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE SACK-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No. 169,959, dated November16, 1875; application filed October 2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. CLARK, of Red Blufl, in the county ofTehama and State of California, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Adjustable Sack-Holders, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved sack-holder. Fig. 2 is atop view of the same.

Similar letters of ret'erenceindicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of thesack-holder for which Letters Patent No.165,982 were granted to me July27, 1875, to enable it to be used for holding various-sized sacks.-

The invention consists in the plate made with the bolt-hole and thegroove, and the bolt made with the groove in the rear part of its head,and provided with a nut, in combination with the upper arm of thesack-holder, for securing the semicircular spring that receives the edgeof the sack to said arm detachably,

as hereinafter fully described. I

A is the base or platform, to the rear part of which is attached anupright, B. The upright B is slotted longitudinally, and to its rearsideare attached two cleats, 0, parallel with the slot in said uprightB, and flush with the sides of said slot. D are two arms, which havetenonsforined upon their rear ends to pass through the slot in theupright B, and through the space between the cleats O, and are securedto said cleats by pins. Several holes are formed through the cleats G toreceive the fastening-pins, so that the arms D can be raised and loweredto adjust them to the length of the sacks. The forward ends of the armsD are separated by a coiled spring, E, to allow the upper arm to yieldto accommodate itself to the shortening of the sack as it tills. F isthe semicircular spring overwhich the edge of the bag is turned whilebeing filled, and upon which it is held by the button G, pivoted to theupper side of the upper arm D.

The parts thus far described are all described in Letters Patent No.165,982, and about their construction there is nothing new.

To the upper'side of the forward end of the upper arm D is attached aplate, H, the forward part of which is thickened, or has a projectionformed upon it. I is a square belt, which passes through a square holein the thickened part of the plate H and in the arm D, and is secured inplace by a nut. i. The

head of the bolt I is made flush with its body upon the forward side,but projects upon the other three sides. Upon the under side of the frear part of the head of the bolt I is formed a groove, and directlybeneath it, in the projection of the plate H, is formed acorrespondinggroove, which grooves are designed to receive the edges of thesemicircular spring F, which is thus secured in place by tightening upthe nut 43.

By this construction, by loosening the nut t", the spring F can bereadily removed, and replaced by a larger or smaller one, according aslarger or smaller sacks are to be tilled.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as newand desire to secureby Letters Iatent- The plate H, made with the bolt-hole and the groove,and the bolt I made with the groove'in the rear part of its head, andprovided with a nut, in combination with the upper arm D, of thesack-holder for securing the semicircular spring F that receives theedge of the sack to said arm detachably, substantially as herein shownand described.

HENRY W. CLARK.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. GOODRIGH, O. G. CRANDALL.

